Review By JESSICA ALMY Kathryn Lasky and David Catrow’s award-winning book She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head! tells the true story of the founding of the Audubon Society. I, for one, had no idea that the venerable bird organization had been founded to end the killing birds for their plumes, nor that its founders […]
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She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!
July 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags: 1990s Books·Activism·Audubon·Birds·David Catrow·Female Protagonist·Kathryn Lasky·Legislation·New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book·Political Process·Suffrage
The Chicken Gave It to Me
May 4th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN This post is in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day (May 4). In a genre of hard-to-find vegetarian and vegan children’s books (more specifically, chapter books), Anne Fine’s The Chicken Gave it to Me is a score. Released in 1992, the novel features two classmates, Andrew and Gemma, who happen […]
Tags: 1990s Books·Animal Rights Books for Kids·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Books for Vegetarian Kids·Carolyn M. Mullin·Chapter Books·Chickens·Older Elementary·Vegetarian Kids Books